Summary of ELECTRIC GRAND 80 PIANO
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Electric gr and 80 piano.
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Electric gr and 80 piano table of contents chapter 1 introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................3 welcome .........................................................................
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3 electric gr and 80 piano chapter 1: introduction welcome thank you for choosing waves! In order to get the most out of your waves processor, please take the time to read through this manual. We also suggest that you become familiar with www.Waves.Com/support . There you will find an extensive answ...
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4 electric gr and 80 piano 1.1 product overview an electric grand piano is a keyboard instrument that uses hammers to strike strings, which then vibrate as in an acoustic piano. This vibration is then converted to an electrical signal by pickups, just like in an electric guitar. The combination of a...
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1.2 concepts and terminology the term “grand piano” refers to a piano whose strings are horizontal, that is, parallel to the floor. Its essential parts consist of: an action, which transfers energy from the keys to the hammers that strike strings. The action includes pedals that dampen or sustain st...
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6 electric gr and 80 piano 1.3 components the waves electric grand 80 piano has one component: • electric grand 80 piano stereo electric grand 80 piano is a virtual instrument plugin and will appear under the related selection menus for virtual instruments under all supported daw host applications. ...
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7 electric gr and 80 piano chapter 2: quick start guide insert the electric grand 80 piano plugin on an instrument track in your daw, or launch the standalone application. There are two modules with which to control the behavior and sound of the instrument. Use the top module to create and control e...
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8 electric gr and 80 piano chapter 3: interface and controls 3.1 interface the electric grand 80 piano interface is arranged in two sections. Bottom: the piano module includes tone controls and a vintage-style compressor. Top: the multi effects processor provides modulation effects and reverb. 3.2 c...
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9 electric gr and 80 piano 3.2.2 piano module keys section vel curve this control changes the curve of the velocity response from logarithmic to exponential. When the control is set to 0, the curve is linear. Range: -50% to +50% initial value: 0 reset value: 0 continuous control formant the formant ...
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10 electric gr and 80 piano mix section main the main control is the sampled sound of the e.Piano, without the mechanics and the release keys sounds. It controls the main samples level in the overall mix. Range: 0–100 % initial value: 100% reset value: 100% continuous control key up key up is the so...
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11 electric gr and 80 piano pedal pedal is the sampled sound of the mechanical sustain pedal press and depress. It controls the pedal samples level in the overall mix. Range: 0–100 % initial value: 35% reset value: 0 continuous control comp the comp control influences the mix of the internal compres...
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12 electric gr and 80 piano tone section bass the bass control is a low-shelf filter at 203hz, which can be decreased or increased by +/-18db. Range: -50 to +50 initial value: 0 reset value: 0 continuous control mid the mid control is a bell filter at 900hz, which can be decreased or increased by +/...
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13 electric gr and 80 piano output section volume controls the output gain level after plugin processing. Range: 0 – 10 initial value: 7 reset value: 7 continuous control limit turns the output brickwall limiter on or off..
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14 electric gr and 80 piano 3.2.3 effects module fx in/out the fx in/out switch toggles all effects module sections on and off. When the fx module is again turned on, each section will return to its previous state. Tremolo section tremolo on/off the tremolo button turns the tremolo section on or off...
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15 electric gr and 80 piano 2/1 equals one cycle in 2 bars. Scaling: custom. Range: sync 1/32t-2/1; free 0.25hz-28hz initial value: 1/16d sync rate reset value: 1/16d sync rate continuous control tremolo depth the depth control increases or decreases the amplitude level. Range: 0–100 initial value: ...
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16 electric gr and 80 piano autopan rate autopan rate provides control over sync rates that relate to the host (such as ¼), or free rates (in hz) that can be set independent of the host bpm, using the same knob. The middle position,12 o’clock, is the slowest free value. Turning the knob clockwise fr...
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17 electric gr and 80 piano phaser section phaser on/off the phaser button turns the phaser section on or off. Range: off; on initial value: on no reset value: alt+click does not affect the current mode of this switch. Phaser mix controls the level of the phaser effect. Range: 0 – 100% initial value...
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18 electric gr and 80 piano range: sync 1/32t-2/1 / free 0.01hz-22hz initial value: 0.03 hz free rate reset value: 0.07 hz free rate continuous control phaser depth the depth control controls the phaser feedback. Range: 0–100 initial value: 53.5 reset value: 0 continuous control chorus section choru...
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19 electric gr and 80 piano reset value: 0 continuous control reverb section reverb mix controls the balance between the dry and wet signal, and also controls the amount of reverb added. Range: 0% (dry) to 100% (wet) default: 30% reset value: 0 (dry) continuous control reverb predelay controls the a...
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20 electric gr and 80 piano reverb damp decreases the level of the high frequencies during the decay as a factor of the reverb time. Range 0.1 – 2.0 default: 0.8 reset value: 0.8 continuous control meters meter scale peak meter: -30 db–0 db, showing a vu meter scale calibrated for 18 db of headroom ...
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21 electric gr and 80 piano chapter 4: electric 200 piano standalone application the electric grand 80 piano application can be used as a standalone instrument. It requires asio drivers for windows or core audio for mac os x. Opening electric grand 80 .Exe (win) or electric grand 80 .App (mac) loads...
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22 electric gr and 80 piano the preferences dialog the preferences dialog allows configuration of audio, midi, and user choices. Audio provides control over these parameters: device displays the audio devices available on the system. Output channels allows selection of audio outputs from the selecte...